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essential biosecurity reading

A CDC staff microbiologist examines reconstructed 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus contained at a Biosafety Level 3-enhanced lab. Photo credit: Photo Credit: James Gathany/CDC

Human error in high-biocontainment labs: a likely pandemic threat

By Lynn Klotz | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Supplementary material for “Human error in high-biocontainment labs: a likely pandemic threat”

By Lynn Klotz | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Ventilator blues: Infectious disease expert Tom Inglesby on the next major pandemic

By | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

New pathogen research rules: Gain of function, loss of clarity

By Lynn Klotz, Gregory D. Koblentz | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Synthetic biology

Who isn’t equipped for a pandemic or bioterror attack? The WHO

By Annie Sparrow | Biosecurity, Opinion

The next epidemic, brought to you by the US government

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Columnists, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Preventing a man-made pandemic

By Filippa Lentzos | Analysis, Biosecurity

Threatened pandemics and laboratory escapes: Self-fulfilling prophecies

By Martin Furmanski | Analysis, Biosecurity, Technology and Security

Keeping the life sciences honest

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Columnists

The unacceptable risks of a man-made pandemic

By Lynn Klotz, Edward J. Sylvester | Biosecurity, Opinion

Going viral

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Columnists

Biosecurity lessons from the Bruce Ivins case

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Columnists